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Stage 1 of 2
yente
Yiddish · 1800s
"a woman's name, later a gossip"
originally a woman's given name, later applied to a gossipy, meddlesome woman
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Stage 2 of 2
yenta
English · 1920s
"a gossipy or meddlesome woman"
adopted through Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities into American English
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